Ali Humayun Akhtar (Maine Bates College)

Gebundenes Buch

Philosophers, Sufis, and Caliphs

Politics and Authority from Cordoba to Cairo and Baghdad

Beschreibung

This book investigates the relationship between government and religion in Middle Eastern history. By tracing how political debates about leadership impacted the theological scholars and their own conception of communal guidance, it offers a new picture of premodern political authority and the connections between Western and Islamic civilizations.

Autor

Ali Humayun Akhtar is an Assistant Professor at Bates College, Maine. He is also the Robert M. Kingdon Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Akhtar holds a Ph.D. in History and Middle Eastern Studies from New York University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 580g
• ISBN-13: 9781107182011
• ISBN-10: 1107182018
• Artikelnr.: 47721028